UAMS Sets SeniorNet August Workshop, September Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

By Ben Boulden

| LITTLE ROCK — Windows 8.1 Workshop will be taught in August and computer classes — Fundamentals for Beginners — Windows 7, Fun with Graphics, Microsoft Excel and Exploring Windows 8.1 — will be taught in September for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.

The two-day August workshop will be taught by volunteer instructor Charles Frith from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Aug. 26 and Aug. 28 and will cover: booting to the desktop instead of the start screen; booting to the desktop without a password; resizing and grouping tiles and turning Live Tiles on or off; using SkyDrive (OneDrive) with Windows 8.1; one-click shut down and restart of Windows; pinning apps to the start menu and task bar.

Cost of attending the workshop is $35, which includes the cost of a manual.

Classes begin Sept. 3. They are:

  • Fundamentals for Beginners — Windows 7, Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon
  • Fun with Graphics, Mondays and Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m.
  • Microsoft Excel, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon
  • Exploring Windows 8.1, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Course fees for 16 hours of instruction are $45, and student manuals are $15. The program is administered by SeniorNet, a nonprofit volunteer group. The workshop and classes are in Room 2156 at the UAMS Institute on Aging, 629 Jack Stephens Drive, Little Rock.

For more information and to register for the workshop or classes, call (501) 603-1262, or email Joan McKinstry at seniornetjoan2@gmail.com.

UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.

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